Prevention and Public Health Terms

The active ingredient in a drug that is used to treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of skin cancer.

A drug that is used to treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of skin cancer.

DIM is a compound formed when the body breaks down indole-3-carbinol from cruciferous vegetables and is sold as a dietary supplement.

A substance being studied in the prevention of recurrent prostate cancer.

Outbreak investigation, risk factor studies and the evaluation of public health measures all sit with this population level specialist.

Counting cases, comparing exposed and unexposed groups, and testing whether an intervention changes the numbers are the core tasks of the discipline.

A substance being studied in the prevention of palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia (pain, swelling, numbness, tingling, or redness of the palms of the hands or soles of the feet) in breast cancer…

Lactoferrin is an iron binding protein in milk and other secretions that helps limit bacterial growth as part of innate immune defense.

A field and a bottle share one word, and the branches of the field are themselves called medicine, as in internal or nuclear medicine.

Small numbers of cancer cells that have spread from the primary tumor to other parts of the body and are too few to be picked up in a screening or diagnostic test.

A disease or the incidence of disease within a population.

A substance being studied in the prevention of skin cancer.

A whole system rather than a single treatment, built on the premise that the body heals itself once the obstacles are removed.

A substance being studied in the prevention of colorectal cancer.

A drug used in cancer prevention.

A substance being studied in the prevention of cancer.

A substance being studied in the prevention of cancer.

A doctor who specializes in physical medicine (the prevention and treatment of disease or injury with physical methods, such as exercise and machines).

A doctor who specializes in physical medicine (the prevention and treatment of disease or injury with physical methods, such as exercise and machines).

Pioglitazone is an oral diabetes medication that improves the body's sensitivity to insulin rather than increasing the amount of insulin the pancreas releases.